14-letter words containing c, a, u, s, e
- purchase price — cost at which sth is bought
- purse snatcher — wallet thief
- put one across — to get (someone) to accept or believe a claim, excuse, etc, by deception
- quadruplicates — Plural form of quadruplicate.
- quasi-academic — of or relating to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution, especially one for higher education: academic requirements.
- quasi-complete — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- quasi-economic — pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities.
- quasi-particle — an object that is similar to a particle, but does not meet the full criteria of a particle
- quasi-periodic — almost periodic
- quasiparticles — Plural form of quasiparticle.
- quattrocentism — the 15th-century Italian style of art and literature
- quattrocentist — a painter or writer of 15th-century Italy
- quetzalcoatlus — A large toothless pterosaur of the genus Quetzalcoatlus.
- quiescent tank — a tank, usually for sewage sludge, in which the sludge is allowed to remain for a time so that sedimentation can occur
- quinquecostate — having five lines or ribs
- quintuplicates — Plural form of quintuplicate.
- quotient space — a topological space whose elements are the equivalence classes of a given topological space with a specified equivalence relation.
- radio spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes radio waves.
- raman-spectrum — the change in wavelength of light scattered while passing through a transparent medium, the collection of new wavelengths (Raman spectrum) being characteristic of the scattering medium and differing from the fluorescent spectrum in being much less intense and in being unrelated to an absorption band of the medium.
- ranunculaceous — belonging to the Ranunculaceae, the buttercup family of plants.
- rathke's pouch — an invagination of stomodeal ectoderm developing into the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
- re-acquisition — the act of acquiring or gaining possession: the acquisition of real estate.
- recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
- recurvirostral — with a beak which is bent upwards
- rediscountable — able to be rediscounted
- reducing glass — a lens or mirror that produces a virtual image of an object smaller than the object itself.
- reductase test — a test for the bacterial content in milk to determine its fitness for drinking.
- res adjudicata — res judicata.
- rescue attempt — an attempt to bring a person or people out of danger, harm, attack, etc
- reserve clause — the clause in the contract of a professional player in some sports that binds the player to a team for a season beyond the expiration of the contract in the event a new contract has not been made meanwhile or the player has not been sent to another team.
- restaurant car — dining car.
- rhizocephalous — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
- robusta coffee — a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
- sacchariferous — containing or yielding sugar.
- sacrifice bunt — a bunt made by the batter so that a base runner is advanced while the batter is put out
- sacrilegiously — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
- safety circuit — a type of electronic circuit that prevents malfunction by stopping the flow of current or sounding an alert.
- safety curtain — a sheet of asbestos or other fireproof material that can be lowered just inside the proscenium arch in case of fire, sealing off the backstage area from the auditorium.
- sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)
- sanctus turret — a bell cote holding a Sanctus bell.
- sansculotterie — the characteristics of sansculottes
- sansculottides — the festivities held during the five complementary days in the French Republican Calendar
- saxifragaceous — belonging to the plant family Saxifragaceae.
- scandium oxide — a white infusible powder, Sc 2 O 3 , soluble in acids.
- scaphocephalus — a condition in which the length of the skull significantly exceeds its breadth
- scapular medal — a medal that has been blessed and may be substituted for a scapular (sense 3)
- scapulohumeral — of, relating to, or involving the scapula and humerus.
- scarcity value — increased value due to the inadequate supply of something
- scarlet runner — a twining, South American bean plant, Phaseolus coccineus, having clusters of scarlet flowers.
- scavenger hunt — a game in which individuals or teams are sent out to accumulate, without purchasing, a series of common, outlandish, or humorous objects, the winner being the person or team returning first with all the items.